Back to Languages
English - Chapter 54 - Al-Qamar
Translation by Aisha Bewley — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:1
The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split
Verse 2 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:2
If they see a Sign they turn away, saying ´There is no end to this witchcraft!´
Verse 3 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:3
They have denied the truth and followed their whims and desires, but everything has its time
Verse 4 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:4
News has come to them which contains a threat
Verse 5 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:5
consummate wisdom — but warnings are profitless
Verse 6 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:6
Turn away from them then. On the Day the Summoner summons them to something unspeakably terrible
Verse 7 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:7
they will emerge from their graves with downcast eyes, like swarming locusts
Verse 8 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:8
necks outstretched, eyes transfixed, rushing headlong to the Summoner. The kuffar will say, ´This is a pitiless day!´
Verse 9 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:9
Before them the people of Nuh denied the truth. They denied Our slave, saying, ´He is madman,´ and he was driven away with jeers
Verse 10 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:10
He called upon his Lord: ´I am overwhelmed, so help me!´
Verse 11 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:11
So We opened the gates of heaven with torrential water
Verse 12 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:12
and made the earth burst forth with gushing springs. And the waters met together in a way which was decreed
Verse 13 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:13
We bore him on a planked and well-caulked ship
Verse 14 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:14
which ran before Our eyes — a reward for him who had been rejected
Verse 15 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:15
We left it as a Sign. But is there any rememberer there
Verse 16 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:16
How terrible were My punishment and warnings
Verse 17 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:17
We have made the Qur´an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer there
Verse 18 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:18
´Ad denied the truth. How terrible were My punishment and warnings
Verse 19 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:19
We unleashed a howling wind against them on a day of unremitting horror
Verse 20 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:20
It plucked up men like uprooted stumps
Verse 21 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:21
How terrible were My punishment and warnings
Verse 22 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:22
We have made the Qur´an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer there
Verse 23 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:23
Thamud denied the warnings
Verse 24 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:24
They said, ´Are we to follow a human being, one of us? Then we would truly be misguided, quite insane
Verse 25 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:25
Has the Reminder been given to him of all of us? No indeed! He is an impudent liar.´
Verse 26 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:26
´They will know tomorrow who the impudent liar is
Verse 27 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:27
We will send the she-camel as a trial for them. Just keep a watchful eye on them and be steadfast
Verse 28 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:28
Inform them that the water is to be shared out between them, each drinking by turn.´
Verse 29 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:29
They called on their companion and he set to it and hamstrung her
Verse 30 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:30
How terrible were My punishment and warnings
Verse 31 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:31
We sent a single Blast against them and they were just like a thatcher´s reeds
Verse 32 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:32
We have made the Qur´an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer there
Verse 33 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:33
The people of Lut denied the warnings
Verse 34 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:34
We unleashed a sudden squall of stones against all of them, except the family of Lut, who We rescued before dawn
Verse 35 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:35
It was a blessing direct from Our presence. That is how We recompense those who give thanks
Verse 36 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:36
He warned them of Our onslaught but they dismissed the warnings
Verse 37 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:37
They even wanted to seduce his guests! So We put out their eyes: ´Taste My punishment and warnings!´
Verse 38 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:38
Early morning brought them enduring punishment
Verse 39 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:39
´Taste My punishment and warnings!´
Verse 40 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:40
We have made the Qur´an easy to remember But is there any rememberer there
Verse 41 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:41
Warnings came to Pharaoh´s people
Verse 42 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:42
They dismissed every one of Our Signs and so We seized them with the seizing of One who is Almighty, All-Powerful
Verse 43 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:43
Are your kuffar better than those peoples´? Or have you been given exemption in the Books
Verse 44 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:44
Or do they say, ´We are an assembly who will win´
Verse 45 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:45
The assembly will be routed and will turn their backs in flight
Verse 46 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:46
In fact the Hour is their promised appointment and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter
Verse 47 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:47
The evildoers are indeed misguided and insane
Verse 48 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:48
on the Day that they are dragged face-first into the Fire: ´Taste the scorching touch of Saqar!´
Verse 49 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:49
We have created all things in due measure
Verse 50 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:50
Our command is only one word, like the blinking of an eye
Verse 51 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:51
We destroyed those of your kind in the past. But is there any rememberer there
Verse 52 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:52
Everything they did is in the Books
Verse 53 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:53
Everything is recorded, big or small
Verse 54 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:54
The people who have taqwa will be amid Gardens and Rivers
Verse 55 — Surah Al-Qamar 54:55
on seats of honour in the presence of an All-Powerful King